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Winning woodsmen ESF hosts forestry sports
Commencement conflict The Daily Orange and students
Yanking your chain Tailor-made April Fools’
Back at it After a year behind Greg Paulus, Ryan
competition. Page 7
examine this year’s choice of commencement speaker. Page 5
Day pranks for the SU campus. Page 9
Nassib is the starter at quarterback again. This time, he is doing everything he can to keep it that way. Page 20
east neighborhood
DPS issues more student violations By Michael Boren Staff Writer
top: alyssa stone | contributing photographer; bottom and right: jenna passmore | staff photographer Syracuse University students freeze on the Quad as part of a flash mob Wednesday afternoon to promote the fashion event “Lights, Camera, Fashion!” Participants held their poses for 10 minutes and were all dressed in black with bold blue or green accessories.
Flash mob on Quad promotes fashion events By Jada Wong Staff Writer
A flash mob of male and female models stood motionless on the Quad at 12:35 p.m. for 10 minutes Wednesday to promote “Lights, Camera, Fashion,” an event that kicks off Fashion Month at Syracuse University. “Everyone is dressed so classily and is so stylish,” said Shannon Phillips, a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences who came out to see what the flash mob was about. “The bright colors really cheer people up on this nice gray spring day at Syracuse. It’s nice to see fashion and different styles when Syracuse seems to sport 12 shades of gray from December all the way until May.” Models dressed in black outfits accented with a blue or green accessory lined the Quad sidewalk from Huntington Beard Crouse Hall to Carnegie Hall. They stood frozen in poses from 12:35 until 12:45 p.m., a
time frame when students change classes. Students who walked through the Quad heckled and danced in front of the models, but the models maintained their poses. Hilary Smith, a senior advertising major, created and organized the flash mob to draw attention to “Lights, Camera, Fashion!” Smith, who also modeled in the lineup, said she released her “inner Gaga” with a black tulle skirt, leotard, over-theknee boots, leather jacket, racing gloves and a blue circle scarf. “Lights, Camera, Fashion!” will be held April 6 in the Hergenhan Auditorium in Newhouse III from 5 to 7 p.m. It will have stations set up to promote events during Fashion Month in April such as Zipped magazine’s launch party, the annual Senior Fashion Show and the Newhouse Fashion Show. There will also be makeup demonstrations and jewelry-making stations. Members
of the campus advertising agency The NewHouse helped promote the event by passing out flyers during the flash mob. Smith raised awareness and curiosity about the flash mob by creating a Facebook event page with very little information about what would take place. “We created a Facebook event and I had all my models and team members post invites on their Facebook statuses,” Smith said. The invitations for the flash mob read, ‘We’re taking over the Quad Wednesday, March 31st @ 12:35pm. You’ll want to bring a camera.’ Nicole Roberts, a sophomore advertising major and a member of The NewHouse, said many of her friends asked what the event was about but she told them to come to the Quad and find out for themselves. Kaity Wong, a sophomore advertising major and model for the flash
mob, said the Facebook event page had more than 300 confirmed guests, so she expected a large attendance. But the turnout was larger than expected — 300 fliers were printed but ran out halfway through the flash mob. Campus publications such as Zipped, The Stitch Society and CuseMyCampus.com helped publicize the event on their blogs. Even though some students said they thought the flash mob was fun and interesting, Ethan Bruno, a senior in the College of Visual and Performing Arts, said he didn’t understand its point. “I think it’s the most bizarre thing I’ve ever seen in my life,” Bruno said. “I don’t know what it is or what statements it’s trying to make.” To illuminate more of the reasoning behind the flash mob and to further advertise “Lights, Camera,
see flash mob page 4
Michael Flusche holds a party every year during Labor Day weekend to meet the students living near him. They hang out for a few hours and sometimes befriend Flusche for years to come. But when the day turns into night, the former Syracuse University professor regularly has to ask his neighbors to turn their music down. “Sometimes they just do not understand how loud they are,” he said. SU’s Department of Public Safety has referred 124 students for noise and open container violations during the 2009-10 academic year, and DPS expects that number to continue rising. The number is part of a four-year spike in off-campus DPS referrals as permanent residents and students have tried to coexist in the East neighborhood, which roughly covers the area between Clarendon Street
see
violations page 6
Study shows clouds affect college choice
Campus community says not true at SU By Lorne Fultonberg Staff Writer
Students who visit a college on a cloudy day are 9 percent more likely to enroll at that school, according to a study from the University of California, San Diego. Uri Simonsohn, an assistant professor of management and strategy, analyzed the enrollment decisions of 1,284 prospective students who visited an unspecified private northeastern university known for its academic strength. He reasoned that since most people
see clouds page 4